Active and Passive Voice

Run and Play

Lisa returns home. She cannot believe her eyes!

Her kids, Amy and Ben, are in the living room. They run around the big and expensive table and shout. This game is enjoyed by them very much.

Lisa stands and looks at them. This is what she sees and hears:

Ben is asked to wait for Amy, but he does not wait. He continues to run. So Amy's request is changed. Now Ben is asked to help Amy. Ben stops and Amy is helped. (Lisa is impressed!)

Now Lisa is invited to join them. "Yes, mummy! Come and join us!" Amy and Ben shout.

So Amy and Ben are joined by Lisa. They run and play. This game is enjoyed very much by all of them. Amy kisses Ben. Ben kisses Amy. Then Lisa is kissed, too.

Now Lisa wants to rest, so she goes into her bedroom. But there are many things on her bed. They are moved by the kids. A blanket is needed and Lisa receives it. She now sleeps in her bed. Amy and Ben are at home, so they are protected by their loving mother.

But, wait! What is that terrible mess? Oh no, the big and expensive table is smashed! Well, the table was not so protected . . . 

THE END

*)

Active Voice

Passove Voice

Giving an Opinion

Source : http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-climate-crisis-is-number-one-issue.html

This article is about the climate crisis that we are now experiencing. One of the cause that makes it happens it is because there's a global confusion about fossil fuels. This is why there are many people, including the Pope and Patriarch, who're now spurring about what's truly good for our commuity. And as of now, the scientist is on their way on finding a zero-carbon energy as a substitute for a fossil fuel that's gonna be out of stock in a few years.
In my opinion, this article is very good to open our mind about the crisis that's happening right now, which can make us think twice on using fossil fuels because it's negative impact are way too dangerous compare to its positive impact to our community. If every one of us think of it that way, I think earth will be much a better place with much less pollution for the incoming generation.

(Article is taken from Jakarta Post. Unfortunately, I don't remember its original title)

Youtube's Influence on Netizen

Youtube is one of the most popular website which contains lots of videos from around the world. Based on research, its the second most popular website in the world, Alexa rank's version. So, Youtube is most probably on the top 10 most popular website in Indonesia, which means, there are lots of people in Indonesia who are watching Youtube, including the young ones. Because Youtube has lots of videos from around the world and the viewers aren't exclusively the adults, of course that means it has positive and negarive impacts from it.

Starting from the positive ones, we can use Youtube as a media to learn lots of things besides material's to increase our knowledge. Not only that, it can also become a media to express one's creativity. And last but not least, Youtube can also become the source of mptivation and inspiration for the viewers, especially the students.

Even though it has so many positive impacts, Youtube also has some negative impacts if you don't use it wisely. For example, we can't manage our study time beacuse of Youtube. And then, it's also possible for the viewers whos age haven't reach the age of 18 to watch something they shouldn't have watched, because initially, internet was meant for a person who has become an adult (age 18 or so). The third one is, it's most likely for a student viewers to get affected by some negative comments or content from a fellow youtuber, because some of the popular gaming youtube channels are using some bad words when they play certain games, and that's most likely to be imitated by the viewers who idolize them, without knowing how bad the words actually are.

To sum it up, it's actually come back to us. How can we make Youtube as something that can make ourselves a better person through the things around and inside it, and how well can we distance ourselves from the negative ones. That's why a parents guidance and participation are needed to make sure their child will only get the positive impacts from Youtube and prevent them to get the negative ones.

Nani Invitation Letter

NANI GOVERNMENT

NANI HIGHSCHOOL

Jalan raya Nani No. 98 Nani, Nani Province, 99999

Phone (11111111111 Ext. 911)

 

 

September 9th, 2018

 

Mr. Nani Nani

CEO of Nani

Nani Company

 

 

Dear Mr. Nani,

 

Greetings of Peace!

I am writing this letter to inform you of the upcoming meeting of the school executives that'll be hold on Friday, 29 February 2018 at 1 p.m. sharp. Thus, I would like you to participate on the meeting because you have an important role on it.

 

R.S.V.P 081111111111

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Kura Kura Ninja

Principal of Nani Highschool

Invitation Letter

Source : https://ja.scribd.com/doc/100407069/Letter-Invitation-to-a-Meeting

TEXT ANALYSIS
1. Purpose :To invite Mr. Bonifacio to attend a meeting
2. Addresser :T. Aviles Elementary School
    Addressee :Mr. Bonifacio Mendoza
3. Salutation :Greetings of Peace
4. Greeting :Dear Mr. Mendoza
    Reason for invitation :To inform him of the incoming meeting of General PTA Presidents with the Board of Directors.
    Date, time, and place :At the Multi-purpose Cultural Center in Valencia, Ormoc City, on January 31, 2012 at 1.30 in the afternoon.
5. Signature: :Lourdes T. Escala

In The Library

Ilham   :"Hello, Nabil. It's rare to see you here. What are you doing?"
Nabil   :"I'm studying for my next Physics test. My previous test was so terrible."
Ilham   :"Why?"
Nabil   :"I was playing game all night long, so I forgot to study."
Ilham   :"Wow... You better watch the time when you're playing game."
Nabil   :"Yeah, I know. Thanks for reminding me."
Ilham   :"You're welcome. By the way, would you like me to help you to study? Maybe I can help you with that."
Nabil   :"I appreciate the offer, but no thanks. I'm more comfortable studying on my own."
Ilham   :"Ok, if you say so. See you later, then. All the best for your study."
Nabil   :"Thanks, see you."

Edu Passion 2018

 

Hello! So recently, there was an event called Edu Passion 2018 at my school, SMAN 3 Bandung. This event is about universities; targeted to us, highschool student so we can decied which university we'd like to go after we graduate from here.

Here's a glimpse about what happened back then! Check it out!

https://youtu.be/wzOYlOiun9gLl

Announcement

ACTIVITY 1

Text 1

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	Found	"Hello Georgetown"
Contents	Found	Information of the event including date and place specification.
Closing	Foumd	Contact information (email) georgetown@jcrew.com

Text 2

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	Found	"Call for Proposals (Fund by the European Commision)
Contents	Found	Information about Avian Influenza disease from H5N1 virus that's spreading in Indonesia since August 2003 that has been affecting 10 million person and what the researchers will do about it
Closing	Found	Contact information (website) WHO Indonesia Country Office Website

Text 3

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	Found	"We are proud to announce we outgrew our old place"
Contents	Found	Information about the new location of the new store (Computer Store) that's located in Jl. Melati Utara no. 14, Lumajang. Their old address and phone number remain the same, while it's used as a Service Center.
Closing	Found	Contact Information (phone number and website) 089922376549837 www.neosyscom.co.id

Text 4

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	Not Found	ざんえん です ね
Contents	Found	Detail information of the event (opening of new branches), including date and place 1. Date : 1st January 2018 2. Place : Medan, Denpassar, Lombok, and Makassar.
Closing	Not Found	ざんえん です ね

ACTIVITY 2

NO	TEXT	TRUE/FALSE
1	TEXT A	FALSE 違
2	TEXT B	TRUE 丸
3	TEXT C	FALSE 違
4	TEXT D	TRUE 丸
5	TEXT E	TRUE 丸

A Person Who Inspires Me

Hello guys! It has not been long since my last post, huh? Since Diego's post.
Maybe you guys are wondering why do I post two posts in short distance? Well, it's because of school's demands, my English teacher, to be exact.
Anyway, in this post, I'd like to tell you guys a bit about the person who "makes" this me in the present. Do you guys have any idea?
Well, my hint is that person is related to my dream, which is to become a physicist in Japan and live there, if you had read my first post.
Ok, without any further ado, here it is.

Source : https://www.geni.com/people/Christopher-Hirata/

... "Who's this guy?"

I bet that question are the first thing that's on your mind when you see this picture.

Well, not many person know him, except people with high level interest in Science. Physics, to be exact.

Ok, I'll tell you guys about him now.

He is Christopher Hirata. He was born in Michigan, at 30 November 1982. He is the main role model for me to reach my goal (excluding the Japan part, of couse. Because currently he work in the USA).

Why, you ask? What's so special about him that makes me make him as the person who inspires me the most, after my parents?

Hehe, because ....

He is a child prodigy. We all know that child prodigy is defined as a child under the age of ten who can already produce the same results of work as an adult expert, or even more. There are only a few of them among billion of people in this earth, and he, Christopher Hirata is one of them. In Mathematics, we have Terence Tao with an IQ of 230, and in Physics (Astrophysics, to be exact), we have him, with an IQ of 225.

You guys are like "WTF 200+!?" lol. I mean, I know how you guys feel, because I feel so stupid compared to these two. There's this famous Indonesian proverb that are actually very good to describe our difference in level, "Bagai langit dan bumi", which is VERY accurate. :(

Just imagine, guys.
At just the age of 13 years, he received a gold medal at the International Physics Olympiad and the next year he was enrolled into Caltech University which means he commenced his university education at the age of 14years.  Furthermore, at only the age of 16 years he was already working with NASA on project exploring the possibility of colonizing Mars. Yes, you read correctly! Working with NASA at the age of 16 years! And that’s not all; he got his Ph.D. at 22 years old from Princeton. Christopher is known to be an outstanding young cosmologist and astrophysicist whose research ranges from purely theoretical investigations to original data analysis.

At the age of 13 and 14, I was a f*king weeaboo, and my only activity is watching Japanese group Idol on youtube  Well, I do it even now, but not as frequent as back then.

Right now, I barely understand National Level Physics Olympiad Problem that had many calculus form, and he got a gold in the International Level in just the age of 13. Damn :( F* my life.

I DO understand some National Problem, but with some help from Solution Page ;) Because sometimes my mind went blank and didn't know what the next step is. Sometimes, it's so frustating but at the same time, it's also exciting because the problems they gave me at school was so simple and didn't even took 15 min to solve a problem, while a National Level may took an hour, or more (for me). So now maybe you guys can imagine how smart Christopher Hirata is, and how he inspires me to become a person like him, a good Astrophysicst.

Why Astrophysict? Because I like to see the stars glowing in the sky at night, and at the same time, I like Physics too. So I think, why don't I do both? If he can do it, why can't I?

I know my IQ is not as high as him, even though his IQ was almost 1.5 times higher than mine (damn), I think we all have the freedom to do what we love and do our best.

A wise man once said, "With hope and hardwork, what kind of thing is impossible?" ;)

Okay guys, that's all from me. I know this is short, because too be honest I don't have much time. 

Why? Olympiad is next week :( And I barely study in the last few weeks.

So, ok. Wish me luck and see you guys on my next post!

P.S.

As souvenir, I'd like to give you guys a little idea about how hard an International Level Olympic is. This is the Solution, by the way. I didn't including the problem because too lazyyy......

POST TEST

1) Who is the person that inspires the author?

A. Christopher Hirata

B. Terence Tao

C. His mother

D. His father

E. Japanese Group Idol

2) What's so special about him?

A. He/she is a weeaboo

B. He/she is a genius

C. He/she won IMO and got a gold medal

D. He/she got a gold medal at IPhO at the age of 13

E. He/she is an astrophysicist

3) Where did he/she got his PhD?

A. Institute Technology of Bandung

B. Tokyo University

C. Kyoto University

D. Princeton University

E. Massasuchetes Institute of Technology

4) At what age did he/she work with NASA?

A. 13 years old

B. 14 years old

C. 15 years old

D. 16 years old

E. 17 years old

5) What's the main reason he was summoned to NASA when he was teen?

A. Tour from a prestiguous school

B. Discussing Mars colonization problem

C. Picnic with his family

D. Because he was a child prodigy

E. Because he has an IQ of 225

Ice Age's "Tiger" (Part II)

(continued from Part I)

Alright, finally we arrived at the last part!! Last three part, actually :v
As stated on the post before this, now I'll tell you guys about Diego's characters, his amazing abilities, and what makes him so unique compared to the other animals.

Okay, let's start already. From what I read, Diego's estimated body weight, which is in this case, Smilodon fatalis, is around 160-280 kg (353-617 lb) and 175 cm long, if we measured it from it's rump to snout. Even though he's quite long, his height is not bad either, with 100 cm tall, he can run so fast and prey on its prey. And lastly, I did said that his tail is very short, right? And yeah, I was right. His tail is just around 35 cm long. So, it's about as long as a 30 cm ruler, right? It's quite small for a relatively huge species like this.
Here's the picture that I got from google.

Source : http://library.sandiegozoo.org/factsheets/_extinct/smilodon/smilodon.htm

Fyi, that's the real thing lol, not like the picture on the post before. Back then, I put Diego's pic because I need to give you guys some visualization about the topic I'm going to brag. Because some of you guys might didn't actually realize that you already know a Smilodon before I write this. So I hope Diego's pic on the first post might ring a bell on your brain :v

Ok, anyway let's move onto Diego's amazing abilities. Even though I said "abilities", I'm actually just going to write one. The main reason is because it's already night and I AM really sleepy D:

Alright, so as we all know, Smilodon has a huge tooth that happens to be a devistating weapon on it's hunt. 

‬Smilodon also had weaker jaw muscles than many other large cats that had smaller teeth. The key feature of the jaws is the enormously wide gape.‭ ‬Compared to one of today’s lion's that can open their mouths to‭ ‬60‭ ‬degrees,‭ ‬Smilodon could double this by opening its mouth to‭ ‬120‭ ‬degrees.‭ ‬Although impressive on paper,‭ ‬this is actually a very necessary adaption if it were to get full use of its teeth without also being handicapped by them.‭ ‬Considering that the teeth were up to‭ ‬28centimetres long,‭ ‬the lower jaw would barely clear the bottom of the teeth if it could only open by‭ ‬60‭ ‬degrees.

AND FINALLY THE VERY LAST PART...

Let's talk about Diego's uniqueness. What makes Diego so unique? You might be wondering as of now. Because I do too.

Well, I don't know what makes Diego so unique, to be honest. But if I think of one, then maybe his tail size. I don't know how to put it, but he had a quite small tail despite his huge appearance. You might think that I'm joking right now, but it's actually my honest opinion right here, lol.

And yeah, that final part marks the end of our meeting for this topic.

See you guys on the next post! (That I hope will not happen anytime soon)

POST TEST

1) What's the exact species of Diego?
a. Smilodon fatalis
b. Smilodon populator
c. Smilodon gracilis
d. Smilodon diegomae
e. Dire wolf

2) What makes Diego so unique according to the writer?
a. His face
b. His short tail
c. His ability to open his mouth up to 120degrees
d. His characteristics
e. His life cycle

3) Where did Diego live in his era?
a. America
b. Europe
c. Africa
d. Australia
e. Europe

4) Why did Diego went extinct?
a. Because the hunter hunt too many of his friends
b. Because Diego didn't passed the Natural Selection (Darwin Theory)
c. Because of the Ice Age
d. Because there's no more animal to hunt
e. Because at the time there's a huge meteor that caused Diego's species went extinct

5) When did Diego live ?
a. 250 mya - 100.000 years ago
b. 25 mya - 10.000 years ago
c. 30 mya - 15.000 years ago
d. 300 mya - 150.000 years ago
e. 15 mya - 5.000 years ago

Ice Age's "Tiger" (Part I)

Hello, Friends! It's been a while since my last post, No? A week is quite long isn't it, especially if your school gave you so many homeworks at once and you didn't feel motivated enough to do it rofl.

Anyway, today I'm going to tell you guys about one of the extinct animal that is quite famous, maybe. But for you guys who had watched "Ice Age" Film years ago AND read this post's title (lol) , you might know what's I'm going to post here today. Here's the picture!

Source: http://hero.wikia.com/wiki/Diego_(Ice_Age)

(What a smug face, huh?)

Well, to start off, let's clear some misunderstanding first. MAYBE, MAYBE okay, some of you might think that this is actually a tiger. But let's take a closer look. First, if you read carefully, I did mention that I will tell you guys about "One of the extinct animal". Does tiger already extinct in the 21st century? I think no. Second, tiger nowadays doesn't have a fang that long, right? Not to mention that very short tail. But yeah, those parts of him makes him pretty cool in my opinion, even more that Modern's Tiger. And that's why I decided to tell you guys about "Diego", rather than a tiger.

Okay, I think I'll tell you guys about the things that I'm gonna write about Diego today. Firstly, of course, who the **** is Diego? We already know he is not a tiger, than what? Second, we need to know his life cycle. Does his life cycle match with tiger nowadays? And lastly, I'll tell you guys about his characters, his freaking awesome abilities, and what makes him so unique compared to the other species, for me. Ok, because I don't want this post to be too long like the post before this, let's start right away.

What's first? Right, his name. His name is Diego, lol. No, no, his actual name is actually Saber-toothed cat. A CAT!?!?  Damn....

We're all an intelligent person, so let's talk about some basic Biology right now (even though I'm bad at it). From what I got from wikipedia.org, this is his REAL IDENTITY according to the classification system, you know, those Animalia, Phylum, Class or whatsoever thing.

Kingdom : Animalia

Phyluum : Chordata

Class : Mammalia

Order : Carnivora

Suborder : Felifornia

Family : Felidae

Subfamily : Machairodontinae

Tribe : Smilodontini

Genus : Smilodon

There's actually a lot of species from Smilodon genus, but I'm just gonna write one (lol), and that's S. fatalis.

Ok, so now you already know who Diego is, right? :D Even though you don't really understand those classification, just remember that Diego is a sabre-toothed cat from Smilodon Genus, that's it.

And now, let's move onto the second one, and that's his life cycle. Do I really need to write it? D:, it's a mammal and of course they give birth to they child, not through eggs like Aves. So yeah, basically like this. Let's say there are two Smilodon, a male and a female. They both engage with each other, and this and that happen, and so they give birth to they child. When the child were not strong enough to hunt by himself, the parents gave him their share food. But as time goes by, the parents teach their child how to hunt properly. So as for the question I asked on the previous paragraph, the answer is No. Their life cycle doesn't had any significant differences with the modern tigers.

Oh, right. I actually forgot to mention this before. Maybe some of you guys wondering how does this COOL Sabre-toothed cat went extinct? Well, it's actually like this. They lived in the Americas during the Pleistocene epoch (2.5 mya–10,000 years ago). They roamed the mid-western US and parts of both North and South America and were named for the enormous canines which skeletons show, protruded quite far out of their mouths. It became extinct in the Quanternary period(the end of the dinosaur period) and during the ice age. So yeah, it does actually makes sense why in the "Ice Age" Film, they had a Smilodon as one of the character, along with Mammoth.

That's enough about Diego's life cycle. There's nothing much to mention, anyway, except those awfully long explanation about how Diego's species went extinct.

(continued on Part II)